Should John Mann Be Responsible for What He Had Done?

On September 28, 2016 we had our first in class debate on State v Mann on the issue of slavery. This case was based on a slave named Lydia who was brutally beaten by her owner John Mann. Mr. Mann is saying that he has the right to do what he did because Lydia should obey her master since she is owned by Mr. Mann. The state is saying that this isn't the case, that even though slavery is legal, slaves are still property. It is wrong to damage property, and what Mr. Mann did was simple battery and assault which is against the law. Throughout the course of the class we debated many different aspects of each side, and in the end slavery ended up winning which in my opinion isn't right. Although I had to accept this outcome, it still makes me mad because I feel the state had a stronger argument. Mr. Mann assaulted Lydia and should pay for what he had done.

The First Presidential Debate

For my American Politics class I had to do a Film Assignment on the First Presidential Debate. In this debate there were a lot of topics that were covered, some that I felt were more relevant than others, but nonetheless were all interesting to hear about. I thought it was funny how each of the candidates were low-key attacking each other at first, but then attacking each other harder as the debate went on. Hillary was purposely trying to get Trump mad and off topic and she succeeded. Both of the candidates have very different views and opinions about how they want to achieve everything for the future. Hillary wants to make things better for the middle class and work her way up from there, whereas Trump wants to start with the wealthy and have everything trickle down. I think the reason why Hillary won the debate is because Trump very rarely answered the questions. He was too worried about defending the accusations Hillary used as a fish hook to throw Trump off course, which he took each time. I'm looking forward to watching the next political debate to see how each candidate acts, and what topics they discuss.